garden cress
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən krɛs/
:
berro de jardín
- Have you tried garden cress in your smoothies?
Examples
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She sprinkled fresh garden cress on the egg sandwich for extra flavor.
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She garnished the dish with fresh garden cress to enhance its presentation.
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The salad was topped with a handful of spicy garden cress leaves.
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We planted garden cress in the windowsill because it grows quickly indoors.
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I love adding garden cress to my salads.
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I added some garden cress to the salad for extra flavor.
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For a healthy snack, try a sandwich with garden cress and cream cheese.
Synonyms
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A small plant with spicy leaves eaten raw in salads
A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
A small herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food
A small leafy plant with a peppery taste used in salads
A leafy plant like watercress with small spicy leaves used in salads
A leafy plant with peppery leaves used in salads
A plant with small peppery leaves often used in salads
A plant that grows in wet places and is eaten in salads and sometimes removed as a weed
A leafy plant with yellow flowers eaten in winter salads
A small leafy plant with peppery, edible leaves used in salads
How Peppery
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun compound denotes a type of cress associated with a garden, so its meaning ('a cress grown/used in gardens, eaten raw or as a garnish') is directly derivable from 'garden' + 'cress'. This simple noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns for plant varieties and would be obvious to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Garden cress gets its name because people grew this small, 'peppery' green in their garden or on a windowsill to add quick flavour to salads. That's why the words garden and cress point to a plant that grows quickly and is used as a 'garnish'.